Charles Carroll TOWER

Born

26 September 1833 , Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Died

30 May 1893 , Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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Abraham Hobart TOWER Charlotte BATES

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Born: 26 September 1833 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Abraham Hobart TOWER

Mother: Charlotte BATES

Paternal grandparents: Abraham TOWER , Hannah KENT

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Charles Carroll married Clarissa Lothrop PRATT 28 May 1860 . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Clarissa Lothrop PRATT was born 3 January 1834 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA. Clarissa Lothrop died 24 November 1916 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Charles Carroll TOWER died 30 May 1893 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
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Recorded occupation: doctor

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Charles Carroll TOWER married

Clarissa Lothrop PRATT
Marriage date: 28 May 1860
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Children of Charles Carroll TOWER and Clarissa Lothrop PRATT

Carrie Appleton TOWER

Born: 18 July 1862, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 29 December 1953, Medfield, Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Bates TOWER

Born: 22 November 1863, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 19 December 1931,

Helen Merriel TOWER

Born: 5 August 1868, Colrain, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 3 November 1957,

Mary TOWER

Born: abt. 1869, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Ruth Nichols TOWER

Born: 15 November 1873, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 27 March 1964,

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Birth — 1833
26 September 1833
Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Marriage / Partner
Charles Carroll TOWER and Clarissa Lothrop PRATT 28 May 1860,

He was 26 years old.

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1862 Birth of Child
Carrie Appleton TOWER was born 18 July 1862, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Charles Carroll was 28 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1863 Birth of Child
Charlotte Bates TOWER was born 22 November 1863, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Charles Carroll was 30 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Helen Merriel TOWER was born 5 August 1868, Colrain, Massachusetts, USA (Colerain) (Boston Township)

Charles Carroll was 34 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1873 Birth of Child
Ruth Nichols TOWER was born 15 November 1873, Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Charles Carroll was 40 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States